Stakes is high :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
vii, 193 pages ; 22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Production / Publication Information
New York : Bold Type Books, [2020]
Summary
"We are better than this" has been the rallying cry since Donald Trump was elected. But as New York Times-bestselling author Mychal Denzel Smith shows, Americans are too comfortable imagining our greatness. We like to believe in the rightness of our path and the inevitability of choosing our better angels. But historically, we've only come close to living up to the ideals we profess after we've been dragged, kicking and screaming, toward justice. Growth only happens when we confront our deceptions and our own complicity in them. In Stakes Is High, Smith exposes the contradictions at the heart of American life - between patriotism and justice, between freedom and inequality, incarceration, police violence. In a series of incisive essays, Smith holds us to account individually and as a nation. He examines his own shortcomings, grapples with the anxiety of feeling stuck, and looks in new directions for the tools to build a just America. He questions whether Martin Luther King, Jr. can ever really be the hero we need in our time, untangles the persistent cultural power of Bill Cosby, and weighs the value of police and prison abolition. Stakes Is High establishes Mychal Denzel Smith as a voice to be heeded as we prepare for the fight ahead"--
Call Number
973.933 SMI
Publication Date
2020
Language
English
ISBN
9781568588735
Stakes is high :
Author
Format:
Audio disc
Physical Description
3 audio discs (3 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition
Unabridged.
Production / Publication Information
[New York] : Hachette Book Group, [2020]
Summary
The 2016 election forced us to reckon with who we are and who we want to be. We have been invested in a set of beliefs about our American identity: our exceptionalism, the inevitable rightness of our path, and the promise that hard work and determination will carry us to freedom. Mychal Denzel Smith confronts the shortcomings of these stories, and with the American Dream itself, and calls on us to live up to the principles we profess but fail to realize.
Call Number
MWF-CD 973.933 SMI
Publication Date
2020
Language
English
ISBN
9781549133756 9781549133770
Stakes is high :
Author
Format:
Books
Physical Description
vii, 193 pages ; 22 cm
Edition
First edition.
Production / Publication Information
New York, NY : Bold Type Books, 2020.
Summary
"We are better than this" has been the rallying cry since Donald Trump was elected. But as New York Times-bestselling author Mychal Denzel Smith shows, Americans are too comfortable imagining our greatness. We like to believe in the rightness of our path and the inevitability of choosing our better angels. But historically, we've only come close to living up to the ideals we profess after we've been dragged, kicking and screaming, toward justice. Growth only happens when we confront our deceptions and our own complicity in them. In Stakes Is High, Smith exposes the contradictions at the heart of American life - between patriotism and justice, between freedom and inequality, incarceration, police violence. In a series of incisive essays, Smith holds us to account individually and as a nation. He examines his own shortcomings, grapples with the anxiety of feeling stuck, and looks in new directions for the tools to build a just America. He questions whether Martin Luther King, Jr. can ever really be the hero we need in our time, untangles the persistent cultural power of Bill Cosby, and weighs the value of police and prison abolition. Stakes Is High establishes Mychal Denzel Smith as a voice to be heeded as we prepare for the fight ahead"--$cProvided by publisher.
Call Number
SOCIAL ISSUES / CULTURE / PROGRESS / SMI
Publication Date
2020
Language
English
ISBN
9781568588742
Stakes is high
Author
Format:
Sound recording
Physical Description
1 audio media player (approximately 3 hr., 30 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Edition
Unabridged.
Production / Publication Information
Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2020]
Summary
"The events of the past decade have forced us to reckon with who we are and who we want to be. We have been invested in a set of beliefs about our American identity: our exceptionalism, the inevitable rightness of our path, the promise that hard work and determination will carry us to freedom. But in Stakes Is High, Mychal Denzel Smith confronts the shortcomings of these stories -- and with the American Dream itself -- and calls on us to live up to the principles we profess but fail to realize. In a series of incisive essays, Smith exposes the stark contradictions at the heart of American life, holding all of us, individually and as a nation, to account. We've gotten used to looking away, but the fissures and casual violence of institutional oppression are ever-present. There is a future that is not as grim as our past. In this profound work, Smith helps us envision it with care, honesty, and imagination."--
Call Number
MWF-PLAY 323.4 SMI
Publication Date
2020
Language
English
ISBN
9781549136436
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